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| Paper: |
The Origin of the Virgo Stellar Over-density: A Tidal Debris from the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy? |
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374, From Stars to Galaxies: Building the Pieces to Build Up the Universe |
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195 |
| Authors: |
Martinez-Delgado, D.; Penarrubia, J.; Juric, M.; Alfaro, E.J. |
| Abstract: |
The recently discovered Virgo stellar over-density, which expands perpendicularly to the Galactic disk plane (7< Z < 15 kpc, R∼ 7 kpc), is the largest clump of tidal debris ever detected in the outer halo and is likely related with the accretion of a nearby dwarf galaxy by the Milky Way. We carry out N-body simulations of the Sagittarius stream to show that this giant stellar over-density is a confirmation of theoretical model predictions for the leading tail of the Sagittarius stream to cross the Milky Way plane in the Solar neighborhood. |
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